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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Lately I've been hearing about the importance of FANS of our ancestors. Just what are FANS? Well, this is a coin termed by Elizabeth Shown Mills that stands for "Friends, Associates, Neighbors." I'm taking a class through the National Institute of Genealogical Studies about U.S. land records. It mentioned that people often migrated in groups, which is why we should always investigate neighbors of our ancestors. I do not know the exact origins of my fourth great-grandfather, Jeremiah Pemberton. This is what I do know about him:

He was born abt 1812 in New York (source: census records/death record)

He married Susanna JERMYN on 19 Nov 1836 at St. James (Anglican) Cathedral in Toronto, York, Ontario. (source: church records and published marriage records)

He was a resident of Vaughan Township, York, Ontario, at the time of his marriage.

His oldest child, Lydia, was baptized 16 Nov 1837 at Trinity Anglican Church in Thornhill, York, Ontario. (source: church records)

His second child, John, was born in either Blenheim Township or Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, on 3 Apr 1839. (source: military service records and obituary)

His third child, Stephen, was born in Dundas, Wentworth, Ontario, about 1843. (source: military pension records)

He was living in Brownstown, Wayne, Michigan, for the 1860 census.

All but his youngest child (b. abt 1856) were listed as born in Canada between 1839 and 1854 on the 1860 census

He appears to have moved to Michigan around 1855. (source: children's later census records and calculated birth dates of two youngest children)

He was living in Clay Township, St. Clair, Michigan, for the 1870 and 1880 census.

He died in Clay Township on 7 Jul 1881.

To determine who Jeremiah's neighbors were, I'll begin with his 1860 census record. The ten families living on either side of him were as follows:

Household
No.

Surname

First Name

Age

Sex

Occupation

Birthplace

937

Barns

Syntha

68

F

Farmer

Conn.

Barns

Esther

40

F

Teacher

N. York

Barns

Harriet

32

F

Teacher

N. York

Barns

William

24

M

Farmer

N. York

938

Sanford

Abram

34

M

Canada

Sanford

Martha

29

F

Ireland

Sanford

William

11

M

Mich.

Sanford

John

8

M

Mich.

Sanford

Elizabeth

5

F

Mich.

Sanford

Martha

2

F

Mich.

Sanford

William

28

M

Laborer

Canada

939

Carson

John G

38

M

Farmer

N. York

Carson

Julia

27

F

Mich.

Carson

Virginia

7

F

Mich.

Carson

Willson

6

M

Mich.

Carson

Charlotte

3

F

Mich.

Carson

Elizabeth

1

F

Mich.

940

Carson

George

47

M

Farmer

N. York

Carson

Jane

42

F

N. York

Carson

William

25

M

Carpenter

N. York

Carson

Edward

20

M

Blacksmith

N. York

Carson

Adalaide

18

F

Servant

N. York

Carson

Emma

15

F

Mich.

Carson

Sarah

13

F

Mich.

Carson

Ella

8

F

Mich.

Carson

Horace

5

M

Mich.

Carson

Lola

1

F

Mich.

935

Wood

Abner

61

M

Farmer

N. York

Wood

Mary Ann

50

F

942

Flint

Richard

33

M

Fisherman

N. York

Flint

Hellen

25

F

N. York

Flint

Adalaide

1

F

Mich.

Warfield

Nancy

16

F

Servant

Mich.

943

Smith

Elisa

62

F

Farmer

N. Hampshire

Smith

David

21

M

Farmer

Mich.

Lebigot

Barney

22

M

Mich.

944

Bentley

Daniel

27

M

Cooper

N. York

Bentley

May

23

F

Mich.

Bentley

Eliza

5

F

Mich.

Bentley

George

2

M

Mich.

Bentley

Rebecca

0

F

Mich.

945

Long

Charles

30

M

Farmer

Mich.

Long

Elizabeth

24

F

Ohio

Long

Ellen

8

F

Mich.

Long

Taylor

6

M

Mich.

Long

Clara

5

F

Mich.

Long

Thomas

3

M

Mich.

Long

Arthur

1

M

Mich.

Long

Cornelia

23

F

Servant

Mich.

946

McSparin

John

40

M

Farmer

N. York

McSparin

Catharine

30

F

Mich.

McSparin

Alexander

12

M

Mich.

McSparin

Phebe

11

F

Mich.

McSparin

Joseph

0

M

Mich.

947

Pemberton

Jeremiah

48

M

Blacksmith

N. York

Pemberton

Susan

40

F

England

Pemberton

John

21

M

Canada

Pemberton

Stephen

17

M

Canada

Pemberton

Eliza

15

F

Canada

Pemberton

Agnes

14

F

Canada

Pemberton

Samuel

12

M

Canada

Pemberton

William

10

M

Canada

Pemberton

Maria

8

F

Canada

Pemberton

Almira

6

F

Canada

Pemberton

Charles

4

M

Mich.

948

McDonald

George

28

M

Farmer

Scotland

McDonald

Jane

56

F

Scotland

McDonald

Isabella

24

F

Servant

Scotland

McDonald

Henry

26

M

Laborer

Scotland

McDonald

Robert

21

M

Laborer

Scotland

949

Knapp

Benjamin F

57

M

Farmer

N. York

Knapp

Lucinda

39

F

N. York

Knapp

Goodman

10

M

Mich.

Knapp

George

4

M

Mich.

Johnson

Rhoda

10

F

Mich.

Laurens

John

59

M

Laborer

Germany

950

Lensey

John

54

M

Farmer

Scotland

Lensey

James

22

M

Laborer

Mich.

Lensey

John

19

M

Mich.

Lensey

Margaret

17

F

Servant

Mich.

951

Long

Thomas

59

M

Farmer

Canada

Long

Rebecca

58

F

N. York

Long

Henry

26

M

Cooper

Mich.

Long

Cordellia

24

F

Servant

Mich.

Long

Sidney

21

M

Laborer

Mich.

952

Brighton

George

71

M

Farmer

Scotland

Brighton

Jane

49

F

Scotland

Brighton

Robert

23

M

Laborer

Scotland

Brighton

George

21

M

Laborer

Scotland

Brighton

Phillis

17

F

Servant

Scotland

Brighton

Marian

14

F

Scotland

Brighton

William

10

M

Scotland

Brighton

John

5

M

Mich.

953

Collard

John

34

M

Farmer

Ohio

Collard

Martha

28

F

Mich.

Collard

Alice

11

F

Mich.

Collard

Emma

9

F

Mich.

Collard

George

6

M

Mich.

Collard

Ada

3

F

Mich.

Collard

Blanche

1

F

Mich.

954

Goldner

Henry

33

M

Farmer

Germany

Goldner

Lana

25

F

Germany

Goldner

Charles

1

M

Mich.

955

Stoddard

Elijah W.

59

M

Farmer

N. York

Stoddard

Emma

60

F

N. York

Stoddard

Alpheus

14

M

Mich.

Vreeland

Jacob E

32

M

Farmer

Mich.

Vreeland

Michael

21

M

Mich.

956

Milliman

David

43

M

Farmer

N. York

Milliman

Philis

38

F

Ohio

Milliman

Charles

17

M

Laborer

Mich.

Milliman

Harriet

15

F

Mich.

Milliman

Salina

13

F

Mich.

Milliman

Edmond

2

M

Mich.

957

Lobdell

Hiram

31

M

Physician

N. York

Lobdell

Elizabeth

22

F

N. York

Lobdell

John H.

0

M

N. York

Looks like I have a lot of digging to do! At first glance, I don't see too many people from Canada. I see quite a few from New York. I also notice there is a little discrepancy in the household numbers. It skips 941 and goes back to 935, then goes back to 940. Not sure if this was an error on the enumerator's part, or if he enumerated out of order. I will need to browse the rest of the enumeration to be sure. I think it may just be an error because there is another family enumerated as #935 in the correct spot (between 934 and 936). Since there are so many records online for Michigan, finding info for most of these people shouldn't be too hard. Happy Hunting!